Thursday, 20 October 2016

Home Renovation Mistakes That Should Be Avoided

You may be excited to have an idea about using a
sledgehammer in an outdated room in order to update its design, but renovation
process is not something that you would just start and things will go in your
favor. This process requires a lot of calculations and measurements beforehand,
and a lot of careful work during the time of action. It surely sounds like a
great idea to dismantle a bathroom and make a closet at that place but you
might not be thinking about changing the plumbing structure of entire home to
let it happen. If you are starting renovation or remodeling without making
proper plan, you will realize during the process that your budget isn’t going
to allow you to cover even a halfway of entire renovation process.

Below, we are going to mention some renovation mistakes and the
ways you can avoid them.

Mistake 1: Ignoring
the rooms are used most

If you are renovating your home for the purpose of selling
it, you will need to avoid overlooking the major rooms of the house. Major
rooms are kitchen and the living loom. After you have attached a ‘for sale’ tag
with the home, you will observe potential customers coming and paying attention
to these rooms more than the other ones. Hence, if you are running on a
renovation budget, prioritize these rooms for renovation. Remember, renovation
of bedroom or your personal office room holds secondary importance.

Mistake 2: Spending
more money on unnecessary things

Updating bathroom fixtures and kitchen appliances naturally
demands huge expense. However, if you have already spent major chunk of your
budget on kitchen cabinet and drawer updating that could have been done in lesser
expense, you have definitely made a wrong move. Similarly, spending too much on
accent wall and ignoring proper flooring is the fatal mistake that creates
problems beyond just aesthetics of interior space. One of the best options in
this regard is to spend money where it is needed most and use faux panels to decorate
the accent wall.

Mistake 3: Overlooking
Bathrooms

Bathroom renovation doesn’t need a big budget but it has
crucial value. An average bathroom doesn’t have too many fixtures so it’s not
going to be a budget cracking practice to update them. Nevertheless, plumbing
is something you will need to fix if there is something to be worked upon. Wall
tiles in bathrooms usually require only cleaning but if any part is broken, you
can replace that part instead of doing tile work all over again.

Mistake 4: Hurrying
to hire a contractor

For bigger home renovation that cannot be covered through
DIY projects, you may need to hire a contractor. Now that would certainly
backfire if you have hired a contractor in a hurry and that too without doing
any criteria check. Make sure that you have enough referrals for a contractor
before you acquire his/her services. Furthermore, you can ask the contractor to
show you the projects he/she has accomplished. You can also meet the clients
personally.

Mistake 5: Setting a
budget without surplus

Last but not the least; it’s a mistake to think that adding
sums of project costs would give you an accurate budget estimate. Remember, the
estimated budget can never be fulfilling. Therefore, keep 15 – 20% of budget
spare because you will need that money when anything goes wrong or when the
work exceeds budget limit due to any reason.